This is a scrapbook of the building and decorating of my dream dollhouse, the Mountfield Dollhouse by the Dolls House Emporium, and other added dollhouses.

Outside View

The Exterior View of New Orleans Townhouse

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Street Lamp Post Made Using Battery Operated Floral LED Lights

I was walking through the floral section and saw these lights and thought how cool it would be to use these as exterior lights. These lights are very bright and have a slight blue hue to them. The picture above shows them in a dark room. You twist the top to turn them on and off they are $6.99 for a pack of four.

I started with "Woodsies" dowels, acorn dowel cap, doll pin stand, tire and submersible battery LED lights by Ashland from Michaels craft store.

I glued all of the pieces together and made a tall (19.5 inches) and a medium (13 inches) size lamp, I was not sure about the size I wanted. I used two different designs on the lamp base, the medium post didn't seem like it needed the extra bulk at the bottom. I added a wooden square to the bottom of the base for stability. The first post is before the second dowel was added and I finished it off with a furniture button another "Woodsies" .

I added a furniture button to finish the open end of the dowel.

I cut off the clip

I unscrewed the bottom half of the light, which holds the battery from the top. I glued the top (grey/silver plastic) to the post and masked off the thread part so paint would not get on it and not allow it to screw back together. I used hammered metal black spray paint, because thats what I had on hand.

If you want a free standing lamp post, on the taller lamp I would use metal washers at the bottom to give it more weight, otherwise it would be too top heavy. I plan to glue mine to the sidewalk outside my bakery, hopefully it will be enough to hold it up without the weighted bottom. If not I will add the washers.

15 comments:

I loved your dollhouse. it looks lovely! What's the scale of it?I'm shooting an animation, and I couldn't find any street lamps that could fit my scale. Would you be interested in selling me these beautiful ones you made?

Thank you for replying. I am unable to find these types of lights in Australia....with the turn at the light part. Would you be willing to post a pack to Australia? I can pay via paypal for your security.

Hi Jocelyn, I'm really interested in commissioning one of these lamps for a 1/6 scale figure street diorama. Would you be interested in making and selling me one? I'm based in New Zealandm but would pay for shipping etc. Would need to know the cost though. Cheers!-Sash